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Updated April 13, 2001 12:11 a.m. ET

Microsoft Slightly Scales Back Its Hiring Plans

Microsoft Corp., conscious of the technology-spending slump that is crimping revenue industrywide, has slightly scaled back its hiring plans for its next fiscal year, its human-resources chief said. But the Redmond, Wash., software company is doing better than many other computer and Internet companies: While some of those firms are announcing layoffs, Microsoft plans to hire around 6,000 people in its next fiscal year, which starts in July. "We think we're in pretty...